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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-03-11"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Commission policy strategy for 2004/2004 budget guidelines2
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030311.3.2-034"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-03-11-Speech-2-0352
lpv:speaker	lp:Kyösti Virrankoski2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Suomen Keskusta (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; CONT (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Estonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 member; BUDG (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; ELDR (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President firstly I want to offer my warmest congratulations to Mr Mulder and Mrs Gill for their excellent reports, and also to Commissioner Schreyer for the very constructive approach she has shown in the preparation of the budget. My special thanks, however, go to the President of the Commission, Romano Prodi, for the important work he has done so far in building the European Union and bringing nations closer to one another in a joint project that we now call enlargement to the east. The budget before us will be the first to be drafted for a Community of 25 Member States. This is a very challenging undertaking technically speaking, as the budget will apply to 15 Member States for the first four months and 25 Member States for the rest of the year. For this reason the important role of the rapporteurs in drafting this budget must be emphasised. Fortunately, we have activity-based budgeting, which is now being implemented in earnest for the first time. It will improve the transparency of the budget and give a better picture of the work that is done within the framework of the European Union. Activity-based budgeting provides a straight answer to the question of what each activity actually costs. Eastward enlargement is a challenge for everyone, and has to be taken into consideration throughout the entire budget preparation process. That starts with administration. We must continue to have respect for the individual languages of the Member States and hold multilingualism in esteem. The greatest challenge, however, concerns the Structural Funds. Enlargement to the east will be an enormous rebuilding project, the largest that Western Europe has embarked on since the Second World War. For it to succeed, the administration of the Structural Funds must be simplified and dealt with more efficiently. Only in this way can the results we are striving for be achieved."@en1

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